Map/Directions

Location of Runnymede eco-village.

The eco-village is located in the forest at the very end of the vacant ex-Brunel university, Runnymede Campus, Runnymede, near Egham in Surrey.

Our nearest train station is Egham which is approximately 40 minutes on the train from London Waterloo.

For directions and transport info, please scroll down.

Please note: we ask everyone who would like to stay at Runnymede eco-village to contact us in advance on the following numbers, unless it is January or Febuary 2013 in which case there is no need to contact us, just come! Bring some waterproof wellington boots, everything else we pretty much have or can get locally.

07519 347493 / 07956 653 711 or email us on: diggers2012@yahoo.co.uk.  We also request that if you are staying to please arrive at the eco-village before 4 p.m. 

Please bring a sleeping bag, ground mat and some warm clothing. 

CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO MAKE IT LARGER

Transport info if coming by train:

Our nearest train station is Egham, about 25 mins walk.

Egham overground rail station is only 37 minutes down the track from London Waterloo overground rail terminus station, which connects directly with:
• Waterloo East overground rail station
• Waterloo underground station:
— Bakerloo line
— Northern line
— Jubilee line
— Waterloo & City line
Click on these thumbnails to get maps of the Overground and Underground connections.



Directions if walking from Egham Station.

Turn right out of the station. Follow the main road to the T junction. Cross the street and turn left.
When you get to the Loch Fyne Restaurant, turn right and cross the dual carriageway where there is a luxury car dealership. Walk past it (away from the roundabout) and in approx 50 yards you will arrive at the entrance to Cooper’s Hill Lane.

<—- Cooper’s Hill Lane photo (click for larger image).
Follow Cooper’s Lane for just over ½ mile. At a noticeable bend in the road nearby to the Air Force Memorial, you will see an entrance gate to a footpath on the right hand side of the path. It has an arrow shaped ‘Air Force Memorial’ sign on it and a National Trust sign with ‘Coopers Hill Woods’ written on it. (Be sure these signs are on the gate, because there are other similar gates on the path on Cooper’s Hill Lane which are not the right way 8) If you get to the Kingswood Hall of Residence, you have gone too far.

<—–For a larger photo of the gate, please click on this thumbnail.
Go through the gate and keep walking.  After about two hundred yards there is a boardwalk just before the path splits.  Make sure you keep to the path that goes to the left. 

Just after the path splits, you should see a group of Redwood trees in a circle. There will be a fence on your left.

<—–Red Wood Trees (click for a bigger image).

Follow the path for another 100 yards. You will see a stile and the entrance to a field – do not go through it. Look for a trail on your left and you will come to some tents. Congratulations, you have arrived at Runnymede Eco-Village 8)

If you get lost or need further instructions email us at Diggers2012@yahoo.co.uk

Directions if going by bus from Egham up the hill.

If you want to get nearer the camp by public transport you can get on the 71 bus from Egham town and get off at the stop before the top of Priest Hill, Englefield Green. That saves you a walk up a steep hill and is ten mins from the camp. To get to the 71 Bus Stop, turn right out of the train station and walk 200 yards on the left hand side of the main road until you reach the bus stop. The bus journey time averages 7 minutes. Get off at the ‘Middle Hill’ stop. Cross the road and follow Cooper’s Hill Lane and signs to the aircraft memorial. Once you arrive at the Air Force memorial follow the instructions below to reach the camp.


Transport info if coming by vehicle

The Eco-Village is nearby to the Egham Bypass which connects the A30 with the M25 (see the map below). You can park in Cooper’s Hill car park next to the Air Force Memorial on Cooper’s Hill Lane. Its free.

Directions if coming by vehicle

Walk out of car park in the direction of the Air Force Memorial. Go past the memorial and follow the path.You will see a Royal Holloway University campus

. <—Royal Holloway Campus.

Keep going along the path for 50 yards and you will see an entrance gate to a footpath on the left hand side of the path. It has an arrow shaped ‘Air Force Memorial’ sign on it and a National Trust sign with ‘Coopers Hill Woods’ written on it.

<——For a photo of the gate, please click on this thumbnail.
Go through the gate and keep walking.  After about two hundred yards there is a boardwalk just before the path splits.  Make sure you keep to the path that goes to the left. 

Just after the path splits, you should see a group of Redwood trees in a circle. There will be a fence on your left.

<—-Click here for an image.

Follow the path for another 100 yards. You will see a stile and the entrance to a field – do not go through it. Look for a trail on your left and you will come to some tents. Congratulations, you have arrived at Runnymede Eco-Village 8)

Hope to see you soon.